IAF Pilot Killed In Sukhoi Crash Was Part Of Operation Sindoor, Met Family 10 Days Ago | India News
Last Updated:March 06, 2026, 15:15 IST Op Sindoor was launched on May 7 in retaliation for a terror attack in Pahalgam on April 22, carried out by The Resistance Front, a proxy of the Pakistan-based terror group LeT. Indian Air Force pilot, Purvesh Duragkar and Sukhoi Su-30MKI. Indian Air Force pilot, Purvesh Duragkar, who was killed on Thursday when his Sukhoi Su-30 MKI fighter jet crashed in Assam’s Karbi Anglong, was part of Operation Sindoor and had met his family just 10 days ago. Op Sindoor was launched last year to avenge the deadly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam. The 28-year-old flight lieutenant returned home to Nagpur, Maharashtra, ten days ago for a family gathering. Purvesh, did his schooling in Nagpur and was single. While speaking to news agency PTI, his father Ravindra Duragkar said that the family initially did not know that he was part of Operation Sindoor. “15 days after Operation Sindoor was paused did we get to know that he was part of the operation. He did not have his …









